asked the Minister for Labour in respect of 1978; (a) the number of appeals referred to the Employment Appeals Tribunal under the Unfair Dismissals Act; (b) the number of appeals withdrawn; (c) the number of appeals heard; (d) the number of appeals decided; and (e) the number of appeals allowed.
Written Answers. - Employment Appeals Tribunal.
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The information requested is not available in the precise form sought by the Deputy. I understand from the Employment Appeals Tribunal that relevant figures available are as follows:
(a) A total of 326 cases were submitted to the tribunal in 1978. Of these 259 were claims made directly to the tribunal by workers seeking redress for unfair dismissal and 67 were appeals by workers or employers against recommendations of rights commissioners.
(b) The total number of direct claims by workers or of appeals from rights commissioners' recommendations which were withdrawn in 1978 was 52 (40 of these were withdrawn before the hearing by the tribunal).
(c) Cases heard by the tribunal under the Unfair Dismissals Act in 1978 totalled 163.
(d) The cases decided by the tribunal in 1978 totalled 151.
(e) In 1978 a total of 66 claims appeals were allowed by the tribunal. Of these 52 were cases in which the tribunal decided in favour of workers who had made direct claims to the tribunal. The remaining 14 were in cases of appeals from recommendations of the rights commissioners, where the tribunal rejected or varied the rights commissioners' findings.